Two flights arrive at Sana’a International Airport after humanitarian flights resumption

Humanitarian flights to Sana’a International Airport were resumed yesterday, after it was stopped on November 6, due to the closure of all Yemeni ports in land, sea and air, and destruction of Navigational guidance system at the airport.

Where the first humanitarian flight of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) carrying humanitarian aid and a number of ICRC staff arrived at the airport.

A Russian plane carrying new diplomatic crew of the Embassy of Russian in Sana’a also arrived yesterday at Sana’a airport .

General Director of Sana’a airport Khalid Al-Shayef said that Sana’a airport received two planes yesterday, the first for International Committee of the Red Cross and the second is Russian, confirming that the two planes landed easily and have been communicated with them since they entered the airspace until they arrived at Sana’a airport.

He also confirmed the readiness of Sana’a International Airport to receive all flights, according to the international laws and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), confirming the interest of the Minister of Transport Zakaria Al-Shami to readiness of Sana’a airport.

He considered that the arrival of the two planes yesterday at Sana’a International Airport is a message to the world that Sana’a International Airport is a civil airport and is ready and operating according to international conditions and standards.

General Director of Sana’a Airport appealed the United Nations, the international community and humanitarian organizations as well as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to lifting the prohibition about Sana’a airport, where it is the main artery of the civil and humanitarian flights for Republic of Yemen.